Follow the latest updates from the LV= County Championship where the batsmen are enjoying themselves as James Taylor hit a career-best 291 for Nottinghamshire while Lancashire duo Ashwell Prince and Alviro Petersen both hit double-centuries in a record stand of 501.

Derbyshire secured their third win of the season shortly after lunch on the third day after chasing down just 72 to beat Northamptonshire by seven wickets in the LV= County Championship Division Two match.

Steve Patterson was the pick of the five-strong pack of fast bowlers as Yorkshire steadily built up a position of strength over Worcestershire on the second day of the LV=County Championship match at Scarborough.